Dr. John

What others barely achieve in an entire rock 'n' roll life, Malcolm John "Mac" Rebennack had already accomplished before he went to high school. As a teenager, he was addicted to heroin, dealt himself, ran a brothel, and eventually landed in jail. However, he was also a professional musician who quickly grew into a popular session man in the music scene of New Orleans in the 1950s under his mentor Professor Longhair. Mac Rebennack had to give up his career as a guitarist when his little finger was almost shot off during a performance in Mississippi. He was trying to protect keyboard player Ronnie Barron from the bullet. He switched to bass guitar before discovering the piano. The fact that he has escaped death so many times, Mac Rebennack attributes, among other things, to Louisiana magic. After all, he once borrowed his stage name from the voodoo king Dr. John.